<p>Beauty often comes in small packages. Take Circinus the Compasses. This southern constellation ranks 85th in size among the sky’s 88 stellar groupings, yet it holds the stunning dark nebula known as the Circinus West molecular cloud. A dense region of dust and cold gas, Circinus West effectively blocks all the light from the rich<a class="more-link" href="https://www.astronomy.com/science/decam-captures-the-dark-heart-of-circinus-the-compasses/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">"DECam captures the dark heart of Circinus the Compasses"</span></a></p>
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Beauty often comes in small packages. Take Circinus the Compasses. This southern constellation ranks 85th in size among the sky’s 88 stellar groupings, yet it holds the stunning dark nebula known as the Circinus West molecular cloud. A dense region of dust and cold gas, Circinus West effectively blocks all the light from the richContinue reading “DECam captures the dark heart of Circinus the Compasses”
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